Above photo Matt Ward; headline photo Jack Dawkins. Matt Ward is the curator of the excellent Jazz at The Barn gig series held monthly at The Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, [...]
My apologies for this rather late follow up to my initial post on the BJF but as the saying goes, “life gets in the way!”. Doesn’t it just! Anyway better late than never so [...]
Many of the great European jazz festivals have impressive settings. Think Umbria, Montreux, North Sea, Marciac and Love Supreme. However all are hard pressed to match the idyllic environment of [...]
On the second day of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2024, the audience at London’s Kings Place was treated to a unique night of incredible musicianship under the leadership of sax player, band [...]
Hitchin’s JazzUp! gig series held at the iconic Club85, has always championed the younger members of our musical community, especially with the extended residency of the Joe English trio as [...]
Birth of the Cool is the name of a landmark compilation album released in 1957 by Capitol Records. It featured music from the Miles Davis nonet that had been recorded in several sessions over the [...]
The Ealing Blues Festival is one of a trio of annual events held over a series of weekends every summer in Walpole Park, Ealing, London. The others are Jazz and Comedy. Watch out for a review of [...]
Jazz Concert in Support of Ukraine Reading Minster Friday 14th June 2024 Ukraine Solidarity Jazz Band: Katrina Likhtman, Fleur Stevenson, Steve Foster (vocals), Robert Otwinowski (guitar), Matt [...]
A standard Sinatra tribute concert this was not! That much was confirmed as Mike Lovatt entered the hall with his right arm in a cast. The virtuoso trumpet player of many decades and an alumnus [...]
Hitchin’s JazzUp! concert series has an undeniable and justified reputation for bringing together bands and audiences in the most extraordinary ways. The November gathering was no [...]
